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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes.
  2. n. A stream of air applied in a similar way.
  3. n. The application of a douche.
  4. n. An instrument for applying a douche.
  5. v. To cleanse or treat by means of a douche.
  6. v. To cleanse or treat oneself with a douche.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A jet or current of water or vapor applied to some part or a particular organ of the body, as in a bath or for medicinal purposes.
  2. n. An instrument for administering such a jet. Douches are differently formed and named, according to the parts for which they are designed: as, a nasal douche.
  3. To apply a douche to.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A jet or current of water or vapour directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally (especially in reference to vaginal irrigation.)
  2. n. Something that produces the jet or current in the previous sense.
  3. n. A syringe used for that process.
  4. n. pejorative A douche bag.
  5. v. To use a douche.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A jet or current of water or vapor directed upon some part of the body to benefit it medicinally; a douche bath.
  2. n. (Med.) A syringe.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents
  2. v. direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning
  3. n. a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas

Etymologies

  1. From French douche ("shower"), from Italian doccia ("shower"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French, shower, from Italian doccia, conduit, back-formation from doccione, pipe, from Latin ductiō, ductiōn-, act of leading, from ductus, past participle of dūcere, to lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. syringe

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  1. irrigation
  1. cleanse
  1. clean
  1. syringe

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  2. pourer
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  2. applicator
  1. spigot
  2. infecund
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  2. shampoo
  1. microflora
  2. faucet
  1. mucosa

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  1. dush
  1. swoosh
  1. touche
  1. whoosh

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  1. écossaise
  1. douche
  1. douche bath

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